Any fatties want to join me getting slim

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Oh dear, I'm so tubby. I can't hide it any longer. I need help and support from other fatties who will understand 😭

Starting tomorrow, no more excuses. Please join me.

My 27 year old DD has also just been given a CPAP machine and it's having exactly the same effect for her. She's no longer snacking and has the capacity to make better choices. She also has a lot to lose so is over the moon. She doesn't have sleep apnea like me though, they said she has hypopnea, which is partial closures rather than full, but so many of them that they wanted her to try with a CPAP and see how it went. She'll fight them to the death if they try to take it back at her next appointment.

Oooh @PocketsOfPudge I love those bars!
Haven’t managed to stop myself binging them yet though 😩

I’d love to be able to get up the stairs at work without thinking I’ll die too, our staff room is four flights up and if I’m chatting as I go up I genuinely don’t feel like I can breathe when I get to the top!

Have managed more sensible eating today, having chicken and rice for dinner and I’ll have enough for tomorrow’s lunch too..

1,8km Into today’s 10 whilst I wait for it to cook hopefully can be my personal-best time.

They are so good aren't they?! Just I don't think buying lots was a good idea though..clearly not there yet either

On 7.5k steps today and managed 15mins on the rower before dd had a meltdown, way over calories though (not that I'm counting but was doing mfp for so long I know where abouts im sitting without even trying to keep track doesn't stop me when I've reached limit though

120.4 kg today. That's a 0.8 kg loss. I'll be under 120 kg by next week meaning I've hit my 20 kg loss target.

It's why I've not been that bothered about the occasional blip. This time I'm not at war with myself.

My gosh, this resonated with me @FatCatThinCat

I am not at war with myself either. Perhaps for the first time ever, in a lifetime of dieting and gaining. For me, that means eating all the things I like to eat. I cannot imagine a life without pasta or ice cream or fresh bread or cookies. I can, however, imagine a life where I don't eat masses of them all every day. Where 80% of my food is sensible and I realise that the other 20% cannot do too much damage because of it.

Sometimes I think dieting has caused so much upfuck in our heads about what food is that we start to think some foods are somehow a morally better choice than others, based purely on how "healthy" they are thought to be. That cucumber is more good then cheese.

I'm just rambling here, I guess, but this time I have tried so hard for it to be different. I have aimed to eat as MUCH has I can and still lose weight. Not as little as I can stand, which is how all my past diets have gone. I have to eat like this for life, so I'd better find a way to do so and bloody enjoy it

I get it. For basically my whole life I've watched my slim friends eat what they like, when they like. They're not stressing over the calories of jaffa cake compared to a digestive, or whether a hobnob will keep them satisfied until dinner. I often see threads on here that talk about education about food as a solution to obesity and I think, ffs there isn't a single thing I don't know about food.

What I want is to be relaxed around food. To make healthy choices without stress. To not feel anxiety when DH eats all the mince pies because I'm only having 1. Now, thanks to the CPAP machine, the physical messages I get are stronger than the mental ones. So it's easy to stick to the one mince pie. There's no battle with the part of me that's still screaming in my head, eat them, eat them all. Which is still there but no longer the dominant voice.

Or to put it the short way, my body has changed but my brain is a bit slow on the up take.

Well done @FatCatThinCat! Great loss, and so close to 20 kg! That is amazing! The gap with the steering wheel is getting wider!
Very glad your daughter is following your example. I hope she gets to have a good rest and breath well. The question is that sleep deprivation makes me really hungry, so I can imagine if you do not have a proper rest day afterday and lack oxygen.

Current 80.6 kg
Loss 0.8 kg or 1.8 lb
Starting 98 kg

I weighed myself yesterday afternoon and it was 81.0! Morning and afternoon weights are very dispar for me!
I am now close to the 80 kg! My next target is to fall under the 80s mark before Christmas. And then stay there till New Year, plus eating one mincepie (maybe two ), and some chocs bites I love!)
I have been back to the gym after the isolation, but only twice this week as busy with work. Target is to get back to 3-4 this coming week. I have been walking to work each day this week, so happy about that.
I must be getting slender indeed because I am starting to feel cold. Not that I missed it at all. The room we work in does not have heating or air conditioning, and I can feel the cold now. It is a few years that I did not really. I will have to buy some thermals

I was talking to my husband yesterday about the weightloss and how my BMI was still in the obese range, and he was saying I must be overweight and not obese by now. So I put in the calculator to prove him that was still obese. But actually it has come just below 30, so without really realising it, I have just made it to overweight! Just for a tiny bit. It is a good motivation before Christmas. Two big targets on sight. Below the 80 kg, below the obese BMI and try to keep those two targets.

could I pls join, I’m a long time lurker but having put on 5 stones due to hypothyroidism, stress, anxiety, redundancy I need to lose it and being accountable definitely helps. I’ve not read the entire thread yet but will do shortly x

Well done Mush getting out of the obese zone is fantastic. You must be well chuffed.

Welcome MatJas always nice to have newcomers. We can do this together.

I cannot believe it!

Welcome MatJas! You will be in god company here. I am working my way down the 3 stones, and there are posters here that have done the journey further down the scales.

LOL good!

Week 29

Start weight: 276.8lbs
Current weight: 221.2lbs
Weight lost this week: 1.2lbs
Total weight lost: 55.6lbs

Next goals...

1. Get through Christmas without going backwards - staying the same is fine

10. Get to 220lbs before Xmas

I am so close now to the 220lb mark - that's my Xmas aim. Get there and stay there until the New Year. Then start up again.

Well done @MushMonster - how wonderful to unexpectantly find you are no longer obese. You are also now so close to the your 80kg marker.

Welcome @MatJas - we're all trying different things but there is some great support and plenty of cheers here

Sometimes I think dieting has caused so much upfuck in our heads about what food is that we start to think some foods are somehow a morally better choice than others, based purely on how "healthy" they are thought to be. That cucumber is more good then cheese.

This, this this. I'm trying very hard to de-programme myself this time round from using phrases like "I've been good today" when I've stuck to my diet plan, or referring to "naughty" foods.

What I want is to be relaxed around food. To make healthy choices without stress. To not feel anxiety when DH eats all the mince pies because I'm only having 1.

And this as well. To be honest, though, I think it may be a bit out of reach. I wish I had a machine to turn off my over-appetite! I don't feel like I'm at war with my body this time round, but I'm not exactly at peace with it either - I'm enforcing rules on myself and I think I always will, but I'm working harder at rules I can live with forever. If I was to pop to the supermarket now and buy a large pack of chocolate digestives, a six-pack of crisps and a giant box of Maltesers I'd eat the lot before bedtime and still have room for a fish supper from the chippy. Whether that will ever change I don't know, but I need a rule that I won't buy those things in those quantities - though the occasional fish supper from the chippy is within my maintenance rules.

Oh @MushMonster congratulations on getting out of the obese range. You must feel well chuffed! Here's a glass of virtual, calorie-free bubbly to your tremendous progress.

And well done @FatCatThinCat and @WobbleWhenIRun on great losses in this cold, dark week.

MushMonster I remember feeling the cold so much more on diets in the past. This time round, though, the menopause has totally messed with my internal thermostat so I'm not feeling the chill. Hope you have a lovely warm coat to keep you warm.

Hello and welcome @MatJas - it sounds like you've had a difficult time of it. I also started with five stone to lose, back at the start of lockdown, and I'm nearly there now. As the saying goes, the longest journey starts with the first step, and congratulations on taking yours.

Thanks mornington! It is a good feeling indeed. Not obese, overweight in my next medical appointment!
It is also something that my work medicals use to share! No idea why, but they did! Looking forward to next one. See if they notice the loss!

Well done @MushMonster that’s some achievement and I’m sure it’s given you a little extra boost!

The weather has been ridiculous this week! Does anyone else think about how slim they would be if they lived in a warm climate?

I have to say that I do find working from home is going on my favour. I’m finding it a lot easier to be in control of my meals when I’m at home although I appreciate that some people have found it tougher.

I’ve made a massive tray of roast chicken, carrots, brussel sprouts and potatoes that will do us both for dinners for at least 3 nights.

@morningtoncrescent62 well done on your loss and being so close to the 220! It is good to get targets crossed before Christmas, motivation to remain!
I wrote a post earlier saying this when I saw your post and loss, but it has disappeared. Internet!

Thanks notevanamum! Indeed, I do not want to cross to the other side of that line again!

@MushMonster I think your congratulations were meant for @WobbleWhenIRun with her achievement of being tantalisingly close to her next target.

Yes! That is right! Her 220 lb! I lost the post somewhere, alongside my brain

Thanks @MushMonster